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The resolution fields are greyed out?
I’ve used Premier to capture some HDV video at 1440×1080, then I edited it in After Effects, saw that it was all squished, so I stretched it to 1920×1080, and now when I import the larger video into Premier, the edges get cut off… “Fine,” I say, “I’ll just change it in the project settings window.” No can do…its greyed out. What’s going on?
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Its a trial, if that makes any difference at all…
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9 Replies
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Your workflow is all mixed up. There are many problems:
1. Trial version has a lot of limitations on HD edit. Definitely not export to HD.
2. All HDV capture is going to be 1440×1080, unless you use some speical HDMI capture cards. By upsizing to 1920×1080 only will degrade your video quality.
3. The reason for the size cut-off is because your project is set at HDV size, which is 1440×1080. The only thing you do then is to reduce its size to that, not change the project setting in the middle of a project. IT will further degrade the quality (3rd generation lost).
The bottom line is, I really don’t know what you are trying to accomplish.
Perry
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1) Definitely a problem, but I’m considering purchasing Premier- so that won’t be a problem if that happens.
2) The camcorder captures in non-square pixels, so when I capture it in Premier, the image is all squished, but it looks fine when I stretch it to 1920 pixels wide.
3) Well, I haven’t really started the project yet, all of the video is in 1920×1080, so… I could just start a new project, but I was hoping that a $400 program would allow such changes mid-project.
So really I’m just looking at #3…how can I change the resolution?
Thanks,
Robert Storm -
You can’t. Just start a new project with the right setting and import the old project into this new one.
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Wow…so suppose you started a project in standard definition, and then realized that you wanted to use a few HD clips, you couldn’t change the resolution for that?
Man- That just seems like a terrible feature (or lack thereof), because…what, it can’t hurt them if you change the resolution…so why…?
Well, thanks anyway guys,
Robert Storm -
Rob, do you not think this is part of the video editing planning process? If one fail to know if one want HD or DV at the get go, and realize that in mid project, we got a problem. In those case, typically, you edit everything in HD then, downconvert it as needed. Not the other way around.
Perry
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Well, its my first time using this camera, and using premier, so I figured that I should pick the “HDV” preset for capture. So I did that, but then it was all squished…so yeah, we do have a problem, one that I’m doing my best to rectify. But I guess my scenario was a little unrealistic, so you’re right there, but…what about this? I mean..I would expect premier to resize the footage?
Maybe I just don’t know how to set it right…
Thanks,
Robert Storm -
OK, if you right click on the clip on the timeline, you can choose confirm to video size or something like that, I am not with my editing pc right now. It will automatically resize to your project setting. As long as your source has higher resolution than the project resolution, then it should dnsize nicely (not the other way around, obviously). However, I am not aware of any HDV capture will get you 1920×1440, perhaps you have a special capture card. (Well, I suggest you truly examine the size of the video.) When you capture with HDV presets in premiere, were you able to preview it while capture? Well, anyway, good luck.
Perry
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Ah, I’ll try that, thanks!
The video is being captured in 1440×1080, but looks distorted unless I stretch it to 1920×1080- which, although I know I’m making the video bigger which means a loss of quality, actually looks better.
(I’m not at my editing PC either right now, but I can post two images when I get back if that’ll help.)I just thought that HDV capture was supposed to be in 1440×1080, but the program knew its non-square pixels, so its supposed to correct that?
Robert Storm
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What’s your camcorder? Is it possible your Camcorder record in a different frame size (just guessing). In any case, what if you right click on the clip on the timeline, then, select scale to frame size. Would that work for you?
Perry
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